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Charles de Gaulle
Age: 79 †
Born: 1890
Born: November 22
Died: 1970
Died: November 9
Former President Of The French Republic
Memoirist
Military Personnel
Military Theorist
Politician
Statesperson
Rijsel
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
General Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
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Suicide
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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One does not arrest Voltaire.
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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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You'll live. Only the best get killed.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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